Judy Frain, PhD, RN, associate professor at Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing, to led HIV-related study with the 2017 Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI)/National Gerontological Nursing Association research grant.   The sole recipient of the 2017 Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI)/National Gerontological Nursing Association research grant is a study led by nurse scientist Judy Frain, PhD, RN.

Patricia (Steen) Eckart and Captain Jeremy Nelson were named 2017 Distinguished Alumni Awardees at this year’s homecoming luncheon. Though these awardees differ in the number of years spent in their chosen professions, both have exhibited a commitment to nursing education, research and service. Patricia (Steen) Eckart and Captain Jeremy Nelson were named 2017 Distinguished Alumni Awardees at this year’s homecoming luncheon. Though these awardees differ in the number of years spent in their chosen professions, both have exhibited a commitment to nursing education, research and service.

Tamara Otey, PhD, RN, assistant professor at Goldfarb, made her 11th trip to Nigeria in the summer of 2017, where she spent two-and-a-half weeks caring for patients in Umeuleagwa Onicha. Tamara Otey, PhD, RN, made her 11th trip to Nigeria in the summer of 2017, where she spent two-and-a-half weeks caring for patients in Umeuleagwa Onicha. Many of the people living in this small rural town do not have access to health care, due to the town’s poor infrastructure and the lack of medical equipment and technology.

Dr. Kathleen Thimsen, assistant professor at Goldfarb and co-founder of the Human Trafficking Collaborative Network, joined colleagues from Washington University as a panel member for a congressional briefing titled “Human Trafficking and the Impact on Children and Families” Nov. 14 in Washington, DC.

Learn the benefits of becoming an AGACNP, and apply to Goldfarb's program. Applications are due Jan. 1. Are you a BSN-prepared registered nurse, or already have a Master of Science in nursing degree, and interested in working with acute, critical, complex chronic patients?

Obtain your Master of Science in nursing degree, or a post-MSN certificate, with a concentration in Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner at Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing to prepare you for the complex and evolving role of an AGACNP.

On Friday, Sept. 29, the Barnes-Jewish College Alumni Association and the 2017 Homecoming Planning Committee hosted our annual homecoming event. The day was full of activities for students, alumni, faculty and staff.  On Friday, Sept. 29, the Barnes-Jewish College Alumni Association and the 2017 Homecoming Planning Committee hosted our annual homecoming event. The theme for this year’s celebration of school and community was Caring Ways, which is an important part of the Core Values at Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing.

Learn the benefits of joining the Tau Iota chapter of Sigma Honor Society of Nursing. In 2004, the Tau Iota chapter of Sigma Honor Society of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing was established.

With a membership of over 250 active nurses, and a mission to support the learning, knowledge and professional development of nurses commitment to making a difference in health worldwide, the chapter provides member benefits including:

After 44 years of teaching nursing students, Jack Pennington, PhD retires. Beginning his professional career as a medical technologist, Jack Pennington, PhD, never imagining that he would one day teach nursing students. But serendipity, as Pennington sees it, changed his path.

In 1973, almost on a whim, he applied for and accepted a position as an adjunct faculty member at St. Louis Community College. Once in the classroom, Pennington developed a love for teaching and allowed it to guide the remainder of his career.

The Barnes-Jewish College Alumni Association invites alumni, students and friends of the college on a 7-night Alaska Glacier Cruise aboard the Royal Caribbean’s Explorer of the Seas, June 7 – 16, 2018. The Barnes-Jewish College Alumni Association invites alumni, students and friends of the college on a 7 night Alaska Glacier Cruise aboard the Royal Caribbean’s Explorer of the Seas.

During the conference, health care professionals, students and community partners will become familiar with the various types of human trafficking: sex, labor and organ trafficking. Human trafficking, the illegal trading of human beings for commercial sexual exploitation, forced labor and organ trade, is one of the fastest-growing criminal enterprises worldwide. Nurses and other health care providers are often the first and/or only professionals able to interact with trafficking victims.